IPic asks to expand building

Trinka resigns to run

The company building the new movies in Mizner Park is asking for the OK to add 1,932 square feet of space to the vacant building at the south end of Mizner Park.

City staff recommended approvals for the iPic Theaters at Mizner Park, and the Community Redevelopment Agency, made up of city council members, was expected to vote on the petition at Monday's meeting.

The expansion is for the enclosure to the entrance, the kitchen and a new exterior stairwell. Approval will be contingent on the proposed lease amendment, according to city documents.

The company plans to reduce the theater seating from 1,400 to 465 seats in eight screening spaces, and add a new restaurant with two outdoor dining areas on the west and south sides of the building.

These final approvals would bring the company closer to meeting its projected opening date this summer.

The CRA will also consider approval for a part of the largest construction project planned so far downtown called Via Mizner.

Phase I of the mixed-use development includes 350 residential units, 27,723 square feet of office and 6,542 square feet of retail. The balance of the Via Mizner development includes 84 residential units, 43,525 square feet of retail uses and a 118 room hotel. Via Mizner will be located at 700 to 998 Federal Highway.

The attorneys for the developers are seeking approval for 468,932 square feet of mixed use development and a 140-foot parking garage on the northeast corner of Federal and Camino Real.

"I was informed by the City Clerk at the time of filing that I would have to resign from the DAC. I expected that and delivered a letter of resignation to her the next day," Trinka said via email.

Scott heads the Community Redevelopment Agency that governs the downtown.

Trinka said he's planning a kickoff party from 6 to 8 p.m. Feb. 2 in "an empty storefront that my family owns at 100 NW 28th St., Boca Raton. All are welcome to come and hear my vision to create excitement and improve commerce in the Downtown and surrounding areas."

Scott had her kick-off party at Max's Grille in Mizner Park in November.